9138. Fact

The highest bridge in the world is located in the Himalyan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army, in 1982, and is about 5,600 metres above sea level

9139. Fact

Vikings, after killing their enemies, used their skulls as drinking vessels

9140. Fact

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family's pot filled with coffee.

9141. Fact

Electrical stimulation of certain areas of the brain has been proven to revive long-lost memories.

9142. Fact

The drug thiopentone can kill a human being in one second if it's injected directly into the blood stream.

9143. Also known as

Original name : sheikh mohammad abdullah
Also known as : lion of kashmir (sher-e-kashmir)

9144. Fact

The car in the foreground on the back of a $10 bill is a 1925 Hupmobile.

9145. Fact

In 1565 In St. Augustine, Florida the first orange trees were planted

9146. Fact

On September 13th, 1916 an elephant that had killed a man was hanged until dead from a rail road crain in Erwin, Tennesee.

9147. Fact

Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers, and lawns

9148. Fact

The word Spain means the land of rabbits.

9149. Fact

In 1902, the coat hanger was invented Albert Parkhouse who was frustrated at the lack of hooks available to hang up his coat at work. His company thought it was a good idea and patented the invention and unfortunately, Parkhouse never received any money for his idea

9150. Fact

Epididymis is the tightly coiled tubules, attached to the top of the testes, where sperm matures and is stored.

9151. Fact

You can see stars from the bottom of a well even in day light.

9152. Fact

The turkey was named for what was wrongly thought to be its country of origin.

9153. Fact

Of the Top 10 grossing movies of the 1980s, seven were either produced or directed by Stephen Spielberg or George Lucas. They also represent the men behind the top three grossing films of the 1970s.

9154. Fact

During the making of the the movie Fight Club, actor Brad Pitt chipped his tooth. However, he did not get his tooth capped until after the movie was done filming as he thought it would look better chipped for his character

9155. Fact

The first baseball game was broadcast in color on August 11, 1951 (Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Boston Braves 8-1)

9156. Fact

There are approximately 1300 species of scorpion but only 25 of them are deadly

9157. Fact

Only 3 words in the English language end in ceed: proceed, exceed, and succeed.

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